A/N: This will only be a few chapters long and I'm sorry if it's not that good because I usually write in First person POV and this is in Third. There is no HoO for the purpose of this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything because if I did there would be no awful cliffhangers.

'Twas the night before the winter solstice and all throughout the camp not a creature was stirring, except one lone son of Poseidon. As he lay awake on his bed visions of a certain blonde haired, grey eyed half goddess danced in his head...

Percy tossed and turned, not being able to sleep due to the life-threatening problem hanging over his head. He didn't know what to get Annabeth for Christmas. Now most people wouldn't find this a problem, but most people only had to deal with the silent treatment from their girlfriend and the girlfriends disapproving mom trying to break them up. None of this would happen to Percy if he screwed up because his girlfriend could beat him to a pulp and the girlfriends disapproving mother was the all powerful wisdom goddess who could fry him to a crisp in the blink of an eye (which she actually threatened to do if he upset or hurt her favorite daughter).

Giving up on any chances of sleep Percy rolled out of bed and walked over to the desk on the far side of the room. Thunking into the desk chair he pulled out his favorite pen (no not riptide) and a piece of paper. Quickly jotting down all the ideas that came to his mind he formulated a list:

stroll along the beach

ride in central park

and a dinner/movie

and ice skating

Immediately he crossed everything off of his list because it was either too cliché or simply not enough. He needed something worthy of Annabeth. He needed something that matched her in beauty, elegance and deadly grace. He thought about how her eyes gleamed when she talked about architecture and how they darkened to the colour of thunderheads when she was angry or in battle. How the corner of her mouth pulled up in a smirk every time he did something stupid. How when she concentrated she ended up biting her lip. And her lips! He would kiss those lips all day if he could. He would never admit this out loud but sometimes he asked Annabeth questions he knew the answer to just to see her lips form the soft vowels and hard consonants. All of a sudden it hit him like Mrs. O'Leary when she's excited. He totally and completely, with all his heart loves her. He, Percy Jackson, loves her, Annabeth Chase. He had an idea of his feeling when he saved her from falling off Olympus and again when he turned down immortality for her, but he never thought his feelings were this strong. He needed to think for a moment and he needed someone to talk to. Unfortunately the only person he could talk to was the root of the problem. Fishing a drachma out of his nightstand drawer and creating a rainbow using his fountain he IM'd the only other person he knew could help.

"Sally Jackson, upper east side," his voice echoed strangely in the empty room. Almost immediately a vision of his mother sitting at the table came up.

"Hey mom," he said. At the sound of her sons voice her head snapped in his direction. She smiled,

"Hey honey, what's up?" She asked, sleep evident in her voice. At his mother's question Percy scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.

"I wanted to cone see you today and I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to mess up any plans you had." Sally smiled at her son's thoughtfulness.

"I'm free all day," she told him.

"Great! I'll be there before lunch." He said before swiping a hand through the message.

Soon the conch horn sounded for breakfast, and Percy was amazed at how fast the time had gone by. During breakfast Percy didn't dare look at the Athena table because if he caught Annabeth's eye she would know something was up. As he was eating he felt her wonderful grey eyes on her, but he refused to look up, no matter how much he wanted to. After finishing breakfast he had a spare period so Percy bolted from the pavilion and dove into the shining ocean.

There were two reasons for Percy's hasty departure. One; he didn't want to face Annabeth and two; he was hoping the water would help him think over his new feelings and what to get Annabeth for Christmas. While Percy was swimming he found something that intrigued him more than me thought another object of the same type would. It was a semi transparent grey stone that had a sea green center with lines of blue shooting through the grey. Grabbing it and shooting to the surface Percy realized there was about an hour until lunch. He didn't have time to take a cab into the city so he decided to take Black Jack.

On his way into the stables he saw a familiar flash of blonde curls and quickly shoved the rock in his pocket before she could see it.

"Hey Seaweed Brain. Where are you going?" She asked.

"I'm going to the city. I'll be back before nightfall. Don't you worry Annabeth," he replied before striding into the stables and mounting Black Jack.

Where we heading boss? He asked.

To my mom's place. I'll need you to land on the roof though.

Sure thing boss.

With that short conversation they were off. Little did they know they left a very confused and hurt Annabeth behind.

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